“Having Faith”

 Romans 1:17

This Good News tells us how God makes us right

in His sight.  This is accomplished from start to finish

by faith.  It is through faith that a righteous person has life.  (NLT)

        Every person born into this world lives by faith, because no matter what our beliefs, we live each day as if there will be a tomorrow and the day after and so on.  Every day we get out of bed and go to work with faith that we will return home.  We turn on the coffee maker in faith that it will give us a cup of coffee.  We start our car in faith that it will work and not blow up.  Every day we entrust our lives to so many people we don’t know; people working in a hospitals, or the pharmacy, or restaurants, or when we get on an airplane.  So why then do most of us have trouble trusting in the One who created us and this beautiful world to sustain us?  Why is it so hard for us to believe and trust in the Living God who gave us his life and the promise of salvation? 

     Our Almighty God lovingly created us to depend on him for life.  But when the first people Adam and Eve sinned, we became separated from our Creator.  And mankind began to depend on this fallen world, rather than God.  So God sent his Son to pay the final price for our rebellion—we can now come back into the holy presence of the living God.  We can trust Him to take excellent care of us.  The Lord, has not only given us the opportunity to humble ourselves and admit our dependency on Him as our Good Shepherd in this unpredictable and harsh world, but He has also given us His good works and life, which if accepted, gives us everlasting life in Heaven as well.  When we walk through our life-journey in faith that God is who He says He is, and that He will do what He promises He will do, we walk in confidence knowing we are safe.  Our loving God is the only One you should trust with your life.  So take a leap of faith, my friend, and step up to take the hand of God!  You'll be so glad you did.

                                          A Whisper of Hope

Trust in Me, dear child…by relinquishing control of your life-journey into My hands.  Let go, and realize that I Am God.  This is My world.  I made it and I control it.  You can achieve a life worth living  by living in faithful dependence on Me.  So live in Me and I will fulfill the desires of your heart.

Romans 5:1-2

Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith,

we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has

done for us.  Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place

of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully

look forward to sharing God’s glory.  (NLT)

                   So you see, it is impossible to please God 

                    without faith. (Hebrews 11:6)